KAWARTHA LAKES-Vicki Pereira has been teaching at Maroposa Elementary School for 32 years. This year will be her last, as she is retiring in June.
Pereira is one of a number of staff members to win an Impact Award of Excellence from the Trillium Lakelands District School Board. Impact Awards of Excellence are given to TLDSB staff members who are recognized by peers, as well as students, parents, and the community as having a significant impact on their school or worksite. Staff members are nominated by their colleagues.
Pereira teaches a full-day kindergarten class at Mariposa Elementary and was also nominated for an Extraordinary Mentor Award last year.
“The community in this school is phenomenal, the support is remarkable,” Pereira told Kawartha 411 at the time.
She enjoys travelling around the school, visiting other students and offering any assistance she can. The biggest compliment she has received, she says, is when students believe she was their teacher when, in fact, she was a smiling supportive staff member who was just trying to help make the school experience more meaningful.
“This is our sixth year teaching together,” says Karen Metherel, who nominated Pereira for the Extraordinary Mentor category in the Women’s Resources Extraordinary Women of Kawartha Lakes Awards. “I nominated Vicki because she’s amazing.”
Pereira will be presented with a Teaching Impact Award of Excellence in May. A special ceremony will take place at the Evening of Excellence on May 16, 2018 at the Rene. M. Caisse Theatre at BMLSS.
Long time Fenelon Falls volunteer, Caroline Fenelius-Carpenter is also a winner. Carpenter is a school community member and won a Character Award. She spends countless hours volunteering at the school.
Here’s a fill list of those who will be honoured on May 16th. http://tldsb.ca/tldsb-highlights-2018-character-and-impact-award-winners/
